The United Way of Western Connecticut said it rejects conspiracy theories claiming it knew about the Dec. 14 Newtown, Conn., school shooting three days in advance and leveraged that knowledge to raise money.

Its preposterous, executive vice president Isabel Almeida told The Daily Caller Tuesday, dismissing what she called a flawed Google search result that suggests her organization issued a statement of condolence  and launched a support fund for the victims families  on Dec. 11.

I am wondering why at least one of the parents have set up a page for donations. It is tragic, but it isn’t like the elementary school girl was the breadwinner of the family, and her loss is now putting the family out of their house. It seems creepy to beg for money using your kid’s death like that.

Go to Google.com and do a search on 'sandy hook school support fund'. Then, copy and paste the following character string TO THE VERY END OF THE GOOGLE WEB ADDRESS showing at the top of your browser : &as_qdr=y15

The throes of shock, horror and depression will cause anyone to act in a variety of different ways. What is the appropriate label for someone who criticizes how someone else reacts when they could never know how they themselves would handle such atrocity? It’s called empathy...try it. Someday you may need it too.

Oh, I know exactly the state I would be in- & like most people, have been there for friends & family members who have lost loved ones to illness, accidents, & natural causes. I’ve been there a couple of times with people who were involved or witnessed fatality traffic accidents. Almost all of us witnessed the shock & disbelief experienced by victims & news personnel on September 11th.
I’ve never seen anyone, even in shock or pharmaceutically assisted- or very strong people, with that apparent demeanor. (I have also been a witness to persons injured in a similar shooting: 1979, Battle of Flowers Parade, San Antonio. The shooter was a man named Ira Atterberry (sp) & he was shooting from the parking lot of the bank where I worked.)
Turn off the sound & watch it again.

I’m not out on any limbs speculating about what happened with this shooting, but I stand by what I said.

I also was not the only person to comment on this video, so it is interesting that you addressed only me.

Did you mean this reply to be for me or someone asking about the appeals for financial help, muawiyah? Or is FR having a glitch? I was just questioning the father’s demeanor, but didn’t address the appeal. It’s so common nowadays, I guess I don’t think that much about it.

That’s interesting, though. About all I know about the Roma is their connection to flamenco dancing. And I have a beloved dog named Gypsy.

To Theoria- ;-) Well, this one’s just a given. I suspect Clinton can cry on command faster than any woman alive. We *know* he’s a sociopath. He’s much better at it than 0bama.

This particular behavior is typical of that ethnic group. Does not mean they aren't sociopaths, just that they normally DO THAT!

It has something to do with superstitious beliefs about money of different kinds, that difference having to do with its origin ~ e.g. stolen money, earned money, interst paid on money on deposit, inherited money ~ etc. the only good money being that which is contributed (in this case, to yourself).

Way back in the good old days they used to worry about this incessantly ~ no one would take 'blood money', certainly not Christians ~ see this referred to several times in the New Testament. We have judas. We have the widow's mite. We have the money changers. And so on ~ those stories all reflect on money to one extent or the other depending on its origin or its use.

The Gypsies, coming from a Hindu background, simply added all that to their treasurehoue of superstitions to come up with the idea that to bury the dead you must have holy money!

You said”
But extrapolating from it to show there arent really a bunch of dead kids in CT is even weirder.”

Well yeah, I agree. It’s a really strange leap. It was such a mess within a couple of days, I don’t see how anyone would be comfortable speculating about it. But it’s the internet & that seems to just be something that people on the internet do.

I was only addressing this Mr Parker’s behavior. I’m not getting mixed up in the speculation. Something’s fishy. I have no idea what.

I see. Wow. I would have never connected it to the sociopath thing (& I really wasn’t suggesting he is, either. It was more hyperbole to express the oddness of his apparent detachment. Like “unless he’s an alien...”)

That’s fascinating. And complicated. The concept of blood money, I understand, & Judas. Wow. I never give money that much thought, although I do have a (just me, personally) thing about not writing off donations. (I’m afraid it is removes the spirit of it, I guess)

As I said, I just didn’t think much about the appeal for donations because it’s so commonplace. Or they’re very common where I live.

I don’t have an explanation. I do not even vaguely resemble a computer/internet expert.

I do know that the least likely explanation is a conspiracy involving hundreds or thousand of people. Such a conspiracy is unlikely, not because people aren’t wicked enough, but because three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead. Hundreds or thousands of people (including, for some obscure reason, the United Way?!), not so much.

The media has posted election results on their web sites a few days before the election takes place. This usually happens because they are "testing their software". Oddly enough, the posted election results usually map pretty closely with the actual results. Pure coincidence, I'm sure.

I suppose United Way may have been "testing their software" on Dec 11. [shrug] It could happen to anyone.

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posted on 01/09/2013 3:29:47 AM PST
by ClearCase_guy
(Nothing will change until after the war.)

The media has posted election results on their web sites a few days before the election takes place. This usually happens because they are "testing their software". Oddly enough, the posted election results usually map pretty closely with the actual results. Pure coincidence, I'm sure.

Occam's Razor explanation: When the media posts these pre-election results, they tend to use the numbers provided by recent polls. Elections results, oddly enough, also tend to closely correspond to the polls.

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